The Community Context of Family Structure and Adolescent Drug Use.

Hoffmann, John P.

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ERIC Number: EJ644635

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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The Community Context of Family Structure and Adolescent Drug Use.

Hoffmann, John P.

Journal of Marriage and Family, v64 n2 p314-30 May 2002

Investigates hypothesis used to explain the relationship between family structure and adolescent drug use, using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS). Reports that adolescents who resided in single-parent or stepparent families had heightened drug use. Higher adolescent drug use was found in communities with a large proportion of unemployed men. (JDM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Influence, Context Effect, Family Counseling, Family Relationship, Illegal Drug Use, One Parent Family, Stepfamily, Unemployment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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